10 Video Games That Totally Floored You

9. Undertale

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Toby Fox

At first glance, Undertale doesn't seem like all that much of an emotional game. In fact, it's actually one of the funniest releases of the decade so far. From the wise-cracking skeleton Sans, to despondent ghosts who just want to share their moody music with you, the indie is quirky to the point where it almost becomes sickly.

However, the carefree nature of 90% of the title is primarily there so the developers can truly pull the rug out from under you in the final moments and reveal that nothing in the game has been as lighthearted as it seems.

It turns out you don't have to kill the monsters you come across, but on the first playthrough you'll probably inevitably succumb to a few murderous tendencies. Not simply because sparing enemies can be a long, arduous process, but because engaging in combat nets you LOVE (health) and EXP (well, experience), which make endgame bosses far easier.

Unfortunately it turns out that both of these features were actually acronyms, with LOVE standing for "Level of Violence" and EXP being "Execution Points". If you've been killing monsters then you've pretty much been slaughtering innocents who were already living in fear, as well as validating every prejudice they had about humans on the surface.

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